Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves Refugees Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian

Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents

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Explore quotations drawn from inspiring correspondence—and the powerful stories behind them—from some of history's most noted (and notorious) letter-writers in Signed & Sealed

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to turn the reader's eyes toward the God who loves them with a Never Stopping

Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves Refugees Eleven-year-old Rocco is an ItalianDiscover the intricate process of pollination in a lyrical narrative from a noted biologist, packed with information rich asides and paired with spectacular botanical illustrations. We live in a world of green that grows from seeds. But what happens before there are seeds? In a graceful text grounded by riveting science, biologist Susannah Buhrman Deever explains how whirling winds, buzzy bees, and bustling birds move pollen from flower to flower,